Recordings of almost 4 hours of a series of interviews conducted by director/author Bogdanovich with Welles between the years 1969 and 1972.

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In the late '60s and early '70s, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich had conducted extensive interviews with Welles, but a number of circumstances--including the director's decision to compose an autobiography that he never got around to writing--kept the interviews out of the public eye. Finally edited and annotated by Jonathan Rosenbaum, these conversations give wonderful insights into Welles's craft and personality. He discusses his forays into acting, producing, and writing as well as directing, his confidences and insecurities, and his plans for film projects that were either never made or only partially completed. He also offers insights into the triumph of Citizen Kane and later masterpieces like The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight. His defense of his controversial adaptation of Kafka's The Trial is so fascinating that listeners might want to rush out and rent the film.


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Artist/Composer: pamstv
Date: 1969-1972
Keywords: interview; orson; welles; peter; bogdanovich; 1969; 1970

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

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Reviewer: Porkcfish - - August 6, 2012
Subject: Good Source Material
Definitely worth a listen to because Bogdanovich dines out a lot on his acquaintanceship with Welles. Might as well hear the information from the tap itself instead of myriad DVD commentaries.